Live child-rape videos sought by DeLand man, feds say

October 19, 2013|By Jerriann Sullivan, Orlando Sentinel

A DeLand man who sought live child-rape videos on the Internet is heading to federal prison for more than seven years.

When federal investigators questioned 35-year-old Colby William Ochsenhirt he admitted to searching the Internet for live videos of children being victimized in real time and had been doing so for five to six months.

During one interview, Ochsenhirt said he viewed a child pornography video but did not know if the child was being victimized at the time that he viewed it, according to court records.

Investigators searched Ochsenhirt's computers at work and at home and found over 1,700 images and 240 videos containing child pornography.

Child pornography "haunts the children depicted in it, who live daily with the knowledge that countless strangers use an image of their worst experiences for their own gratification," said Susan McCormick, Homeland Security Investigations spokeswoman.

Ochsenhirt plead guilty to possession of child pornography on May 29 and was sentenced to seven years and five months in prison Friday.